Re: Support Group.

[Guest guest]

Your letter from your physician and psych should basically be letters of

support for you. Your letter from you PCP should state that he has been

your PCP for X number of months or years and that he is aware of your

problem with obesity . It should also state ALL of the problems that

Obesity has caused for you. Examples would be High blood pressure,

diabetes, reflux, joint problems,sleep apnea,back pain and shortness of

breath. I am sure that your doctor has a detailed description of all the

problems that you have had since being in his or her care. Your PCP should

also include any and all medications prescribed for weight loss. To sum up

your letter your doc should state that he/she will continue to support you

after your surgery. Follow up is very important ! . Dr. Rutledge will need

to be able to track your success so that he will be able to pass this

information on to others in the months and years to come. Your

psychologist should do the evaluation and state in the letter that he will

a source of support in case you have any problems with depression which

will most likely occur because of the rapid amount of weight loss. You will

most likely experience some hormonal imbalance and will need the help of

your psychologist or therapist after surgery. I can't think of anymore to

tell you on that deal. If you have anymore questions it would be best to

call and speak with Dr. Rutledge personally. You could email him and make

it urgent and he will answer you right away.

Carlissa

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> From: Swanflyer@...

> To: MiniGastricBypassonelist

> Subject: Re: Support Group.

> Date: Sunday, October 10, 1999 6:55 AM

>

> From: Swanflyer@...

>

> Carlissa

> again there is no reason to apologize .. i do realize people have lives

and

> lots of email i just was having a bit of a tantrum day with all that

was

> going on. You sound like you are doing great. the more i read the more

i

> want this surgery now. i am trying to be patient with all the stuff i

have

> going on right now and getting through my fear of doing the anesthetic.

i

> realize that its normal however my last experience was so bad that its

hard

> to shake. and my brain tries to make deals with me like ok eat low carb

for

> a month ans see if you can lose it .. like i haven't done that a million

and

> one times ... it the 99th didn't work why would my pea brain think the

100th

> would.

> right now i am trying to get all my swans in a row.

>

> One thing i do need is after i talked to my GP and he turned out to be

> suprisingly supportive wants to know what to write in the letter of

support

> for the surgery and i didn't know what to tell him .. and the psych doc

asked

> the same thing. i guess i am just not getting it. cuz i looked at the

web

> site and the book and all i can find is that you need the letter not the

> content of the letters

> any help would be appreciated.

>

> Also does anyone know if you have to be in any particular state with the

> reflux if that happens to be the problem. or does it even matter for the

> surgery?

>

> Thanks again,

> diana

> approved for surgery waiting for clearance.

>

> > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass List at Onelist.com

[Guest guest]

No Stevie has not passed over yet. She will pass over on NOV 1st. Your

token has now been revoked for not knowing.

Carlissa

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>

> To: MiniGastricBypassonelist

> Subject: Re: Support Group.

> Date: Sunday, October 10, 1999 5:58 AM

>

>

>

> Robin,

> I am sorry to tell you this but you did post to the list but we are here

to

> welcome you and wish well on your journey! I am not sure who you

> specifically trying to speak with but here is MY .02 worth:) I too am

> traveling to see Dr R. I live in North Dakota so we are probably about

> equidistant to him! I am still working with insurance so I am the

gatekeeper

> to the other side! I think Stevie who's helper I was, has now passed over

I

> believe? So I am here, takin' tokens:) write the list again, we love new

> people. paige

>

>

> >

> >Reply-To: MiniGastricBypassonelist

> >To: <MiniGastricBypassonelist>

> >Subject: Re: Support Group.

> >Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 15:48:40 -0500

> >

> >Hi!

> >I too have posted a couple of times with no response. I just assume

that I

> >am doing something wrong! Would you e-mail me and let me know if you

get

> >this e-mail? I am also approved and scheduled for surgery with Dr.

> >Rutledge

> >on October 29.

> >Who will your surgeon be? Open or Lap? Maybe we can support each other

> >after surgery. I am 38 and the mother of three...ages 13, 9, and 7. I

was

> >a teacher, and have been the high school librarian for 8 years. I live

in

> >a

> >very rural area between San and Corpus Christi, Texas. There

are

> >only 500 students at our high school. Despite the financial drain and

> >inconvenience, I feel it will be well worth it to have surgery with Dr.

R.

> >in North Carolina. I LOVE HIM!!!

> >

> >I decided to send this e-mail to you directly instead of posting. I

prefer

> >privacy at this point...when I am skinny and gorgeous I may feel

> >differently! LOL

> >

> >

> >Hope

> >to hear from you!

> >

> >Robin

> >

> >

> >------------------------------------------------------------------------

> >This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass List at Onelist.com

> ><< text3.html >>

>

> > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass List at Onelist.com

[Guest guest]

You are now on your way!!! Best Wishes

Carlissa

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> From: Swanflyer@...

> To: MiniGastricBypassonelist

> Subject: Re: Support Group.

> Date: Sunday, October 10, 1999 7:46 PM

>

> From: Swanflyer@...

>

> Carlissa,

> hi. thanks for the information. i am printing with the other

> information and i will be taking it to my docs =) I am going to call dr

R's

> office and set up a phone call .. hopefully that will ease my worries and

> figure out what he needs me to do with my doc here.

> Thanks again,

> diana

>

> > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass List at Onelist.com

[Guest guest]

Daphne and

I believe that this is question that might be best answered by Dr.

Rutledge. He knows his own procedure better than anyone. As post-ops we

don't have anything to compare our surgery to so any information that we

could give you at this point would be from a one sided perspective. I will

tell you that I am plesed that I found out about laproscopic bypass

surgery. I just had my surgery on Oct 4th and was out of the hospital on

Wednesday Oct 6th which was 2 full days. I came through the surgery without

any complications at all and today I feel just great. Saturday when I went

in to see Dr. Rutledge I was weighed and lost 10 lbs. You know there is

more to this surgery than you know. Many doctors perform the surgery

but,each procedure is different. As I stated before Dr. R will be glad to

consult with you and answer any and all of your questions. The best thing

to do is to go to his website and read everything on there before calling

him. I promise that many if not all of your questions will be answered from

the data that he has provided. If you have more questions just write them

down and be prepared to discuss them with him. In the meantime just go to

the website (www.clos.net) and read as much as possible then just send him

email or give him a call. It may take a little while but, I promise that

you will get a reply.

Carlissa

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>

> To: MiniGastricBypassonelist

> Subject: Re: Support Group.

> Date: Sunday, October 10, 1999 9:45 PM

>

> From: PURA--VIDA@... (JOHN R CHAPMAN DAPHNE MATHIEU)

>

> hi my name is daphne & my husband is john.we are interested in the

> surgery. we've heard about stomach stapling & just today found out about

> a surgery w/laser. confused on which might be better. we want opinions

> of different people. any help?

>

> > This message is from the Mini-Gastric Bypass List at Onelist.com